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ARTICLE IX.
MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS.
SECTION 1. The General Assembly shall make, from time
to time, such provisions for organizing, equipping and dis-
ciplining the Militia, as the exigency may require, and pass
such laws to promote volunteer militia organizations as may
afford them effectual encouragement.
SEC. 2. There shall be an Adjutant-General appointed by |
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the Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Sen-
ate. He shall hold his office until the appointment and quali-
fication of his successor, or until removed in pursuance of the
sentence of a court-martial. He shall perform such duties
and receive such compensation or emoluments as are now or
may be prescribed by law. He shall discharge the duties of
his office at the seat of government, unless absent under or-
ders, on duty; and no other officer of the General Staff of the
Militia shall receive salary or pay, except when on service and
mustered in with troops.
Watkins vs. Watkins, 3 Md., 341. McBlair vs. Bond, 41 Md., 137.
SEC. 3. The existing Militia Law of the State shall expire
at the end of the next session of the General Assembly, ex-
cept so far as it may be re-enacted, subject to the provisions
of this Article.
ARTICLE X.
LABOR AND AGRICULTURE.*
SECTION 1. There shall be a Superintendent of Labor and
Agriculture elected by the qualified voters of this State at the
first general election for Delegates to the General Assembly
after the adoption of this Constitution, who shall hold his
office for the term of four years, and until the election and
qualification of his successor.
SEC. 2. His qualifications shall be the same as those pre-
scribed for the Comptroller; he shall qualify and enter upon
the duties of his office on the second Monday of January next
succeeding the time of his election; and a vacancy in the office
shall be filled by the Governor for the residue of the term.
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